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Everlong-S13

By Everlong-S13,
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I'm confused,it's the valve stem caps (dust caps) your talking about right?

If it is then yes,it is very common for them to get stolen by young thugs.I know you can get anti-theft ones of Ebay,to find them I just typed in "Nismo anti theft".

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Saw an old mazda at traffic lights last week, he had a cable tie around one of the spokes on his hubcap and then thru the wheel . . . might not be able to do it with a 34 but maybe food for thought

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Thats the problem, they wern't stolen at home and the only other place I parked it was at Carousel shops near the front door, and in the staff parking at Curtin, both places in clear view of security/people.

You'd firstly have to know they're worth something, how to take em off and have balls to do it in a public area. I'd gonna be suss on any GTR cap sales over the next week.

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scumbags are getting more brazen every day (read stolen R34 sedan car thread) . . . your caps are probably "trophys" on someones wall by now

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GTR badges have been known to go walkabouts also, usually end up on some losers toolbox or bookshelf. That said I have seen one on a Honda CR-V!

Yeah.. I've seen a 34 GTR badge on a guys toolbox at a workshop I used to do some work in.. Wasn't too happy about that

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Thats the problem, they wern't stolen at home and the only other place I parked it was at Carousel shops near the front door, and in the staff parking at Curtin, both places in clear view of security/people.

You'd firstly have to know they're worth something, how to take em off and have balls to do it in a public area. I'd gonna be suss on any GTR cap sales over the next week.

yep some d#*k stole one of mine at garden city shops last year!

carousel in known for skyline badges to mysteriously disappear, especially at night! :domokun::spank:

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